Standard-Examiner

08/21/2026

“He’s old Hooper. He has name recognition. He has a very successful business that he just sold the majority out of. The only reason he is not already in there or wasn’t previously is because his health got bad, so he pulled his name out from the election, or he would have already been a councilman. Guaranteed. ... He's better now.”

— Hooper City Council member Ray Hancock

HOOPER – Matt Kilts got a firsthand look at the type of situation he will need to prepare for before he was appointed to the Hooper City Council on Thursday. During public comment period, a stream of residents took to the microphone to express disappointment in park use restrictions, specifically,...

08/20/2026

"My major concern was that in the mayor's statement (from Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski), he spoke about how the council wanted less property and to bring the price down of of the property. But from the work sessions — and I've been involved in every single one of them — that was actually never a position that the council, as a body, took."

— Ogden City Council member Kevin Lundell

Earlier in August, Ogden City announced that a part of the property formerly occupied by Taylor Canyon Elementary School would be preserved as park space. Ogden city council member Kevin Lundell, however, felt like there was some lack of clarity about how the size of the park was determined. “My m...

08/20/2026

The city councils in Fruit Heights and Centerville discussed the potential tax on Tuesday, and specifically, whether to send a letter of support to the Davis County Commission. City councils elsewhere have also discussed it.

FRUIT HEIGHTS – The Fruit Heights City Council is one of several city councils in Davis County grappling with whether to support a fifth fifth local option sales tax that is being considered by the Davis County Commission. The question for the city councils is whether to send a letter of support t...

08/14/2026

“They’re wasting money and they’re holding on to projects in this city that steal money from my purse, and they’re OK with it.”

– Roy resident Shelley Polston

ROY – Roy resident Shelley Polston started getting involved in City Council meetings in December because she didn’t know what was going on in the city and she needed a new thing to do. She said she used to be really worried about what was going on in Washington and that it made her crazy, […]

08/14/2026

LAYTON — Anthro Weekend Utah’s eighth iteration has come and gone this month, with big numbers all around. According to AWU chairman Ven “Giga” Ferlin, while the official theme may have been mechanical beings against kaiju, another overarching theme seemed to take hold this year. “This yea...

08/14/2026

Pancreatic cancer has long been known as one of the toughest cancers to fight. But a new drug appears poised to improve the prognosis for many patients with advanced pancreatic cancer — and two local hospitals will be among the first to distribute it. On Tuesday, Intermountain Health announced at ...

08/13/2026

Davis County Commissioner John Crofts spoke with the Standard-Examiner on Tuesday following a 2-1 vote that approved a Memorandum of Understanding related to automatic license plate recognition technology and the Davis County Sheriff's Office.

FARMINGTON – Following the Davis County Commission meeting Tuesday in which the commission voted 2-1 in favor of a Memorandum of Understanding related to automatic license plate recognition technology, Commissioner John Crofts, who voted against it, elaborated on his decision to the Standard-Exami...

08/13/2026

Davis County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Arnold Butcher took some time to speak with the Standard-Examiner about ALPR technology after the County Commission voted 2-1 in favor of a Memorandum of Understanding at Tuesday's commission meeting.

FARMINGTON – Davis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Arnold Butcher spoke to the Standard-Examiner on Tuesday about the increased attention being put on automatic license plate recognition technology. “I understand, and I get it that people feel like their right to privacy is just being blo...

08/12/2026

After a nearly four-hour truth-in-taxation hearing Tuesday, the Roy City Council voted 4-1 in favor of an approximate 34.25% property tax rate increase, amounting to $1,749,050 in property tax revenue.

ROY – The standing-room only crowd at the Roy Municipal Center had dissipated quite a bit before the final vote on a proposed property tax rate increase even took place Tuesday. After a nearly four-hour truth-in-taxation hearing, the council voted 4-1 in favor of an approximate 34.25% property tax...

08/10/2026

OGDEN – The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Ogden climbed 4.5 cents since last week, according to GasBuddy’s weekly survey of 160 stations in the city. The average is now $4.21 per gallon and has risen for five straight weeks, jumping 58 cents during that period. “Average gasoline pr...